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Chaotic independence coming in the South

The conference in Washington at the end of June, held at the initiative of the US special envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration, was one more stage in determined attempt to save the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). This text signed [...] (771 words)

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Agak Achuil, the financial wonder kid, gets his marching orders

The rising star of the South Sudanese government and the first under-secretary for finance, Agak Achuil, has been summarily sacked [...]

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Museveni changes his mind about Salva Kiir Free

Although he previously threw his unconditional support behind South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (ION 1441), Uganda's leader, Yoweri Museveni, has [...]

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SUDAN 11/10/2013

The race for post al-Bashir is under way

A full week of violent riots in several towns throughout the country against the reduction in subsidies to oil products demanded by the IMF at the end of September was all that was needed to smash to smithereens the illusion [. [...]

Breaking newsSUDAN 14/03/2012

SPLM-North has a new lobbyist in Washington

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North) has asked one of its American supporters, Esther Marie Sprague, to represent it in [...]

SUDAN 09/12/2011

Khartoum hires a lobbyist in U.S.

The Sudanese government has just taken on a lobbyist in Washington, United States to try to lift American sanctions against [...]

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SUDAN 21/01/2011

Spotlight on networks of influence in Juba

In opening the door for this territory to achieve independence, the South Sudan self-determination referendum will release political ambitions and tribal rivalries in Juba, putting enormous pressure on President Salva Kiir Mayardit. The latter is counting on the loyalty of [. [...]

SUDAN 19/11/2010

Salva Kiir ready to hand over the helm

The President of South Sudan is weary of being sandwiched between the government of Khartoum and the South population’s desire for independence. [...]

UGANDA SUDAN 08/10/2010

Museveni lobbies in USA for Salva Kiir Free

During his trip to the United States at the end of September, the Ugandan President argued the case for an independent South Sudan with the Americans. [...]

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SUDAN 15/06/2010

Khartoum Cut Off from South’s Oil in 2011?

The probable partition of Sudan following a referendum on self-determination next year could deprive the north of much of the country’s oil: the majority of blocks that pump petroleum lie in the south. Khartoum won’t allow such a source of [. [...]

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KENYA 17/04/2009

Grand coalition on the brink of the abyss

Just a year after it was established, the governing "grand coalition" between President Mwai Kibaki’s PNU and Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ODM is already suffering from internal strain. This overstaffed team (it has 94 members) has lost its credibility in [. [...]

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ETHIOPIA 03/04/2009

Zenawi brings the private sector to heel

After tightening the screws on the opposition ahead of the 2010 general election (ION 1256), Prime Minister Meles Zenawi now wants to bring to heel any private operators who do not apply his directives to the letter. [...]

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ETHIOPIA 20/02/2009

Meles clamps down before withdrawing

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is going to work at putting the EPRDF (ruling coalition) into battle order ahead of the general election in 2010. But he has learnt his lesson from the 2005 poll, when his government came within a [. [...]

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Agak Achuil, the financial wonder kid, gets his marching orders

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The race for post al-Bashir is under way

SPLM-North has a new lobbyist in Washington

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Khartoum Cut Off from South’s Oil in 2011?

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